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Darnell Washington

Pittsburgh Steelers · Tight endTE2

Over 16 games last season Darnell Washington averaged 1.9 receptions and 23 yards on 57% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 2.3 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
2.3
0.4 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
21
Anytime TD
13%

What a realistic week looks like

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The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 5 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsTDWe said
26 wk4———————2.3 projected
26 wk3CIN76%12.9%436702.0 +1.0
26 wk2NE53%5.4%2170—
26 wk1ATL64%5.4%22180—
25 wk17CLE14%5.4%22150—
25 wk16DET68%10.5%43360—
25 wk15MIA73%14.8%43250—
25 wk14BAL29%3.0%11120—
25 wk13BUF79%18.2%42450—
25 wk12CHI68%6.5%22220—
25 wk11CIN71%17.2%54670—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 18 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions7 of 1839%
5+ receptions0 of 180%
7+ receptions0 of 180%
50+ receiving yards2 of 1811%
75+ receiving yards0 of 180%
100+ receiving yards0 of 180%
Scored a touchdown1 of 186%

Career by season

Darnell Washington: snap share and target share by season0204060801002023202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far32.030.72.7064%7.9%
2025161.922.82.7157%9.1%
2024181.111.61.6151%5.8%
2023180.43.40.6047%2.1%

4 seasons of usage, 2023–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Darnell Washington sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the PIT room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Pittsburgh Steelers roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about tight ends

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchIs any defense actually “weak against tight ends”?Not a real trait

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4